Harry Potter and the Dream
Chapter 2

Harry and Hermione arrived at the Burrow a short while after. After falling out of the fireplace and dusting themselves off, they looked up and saw Ron staring at them. "What's wrong Ron?" Harry and Hermione saw the look he was giving them, "why are you staring at us like that?"
"You guys were holding hands. Did you finally ask her out?"
"WHAT!"
"Oh, sorry. I just figured that Harry finally asked you out, I mean I've had to listen to him go on and on about it for 2 years and…"
"Ron!" the look Harry gave him made him shut up, leaving a blushing Harry and a confused Hermione. "Ron!" a yell came from the kitchen. "What's that noise? You'd think that after getting their own store, Fred and George could blow things up in their own… Harry! Hermione! Its so good to see you both. She gave them hugs and said to Hermione, "You look so pretty dear, your growing up to become a very beautiful woman." She looked over and winked at Harry. Harry turned and looked over at Ron, who it turn shrugged. Oh, Boy. This is going to be a long week. If Mrs. Weasley knows the who family knows. "Lets get your stuff upstairs. Harry, your with Ron and Hermione, your with Ginny."
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If there was one thing Harry liked about staying at the Weasley's house was that there was always something going on. At the Dursley's, he kept to himself and was quite. Just sitting at the dinner table was amusing, what with Fred and George in the corner plotting some scheme, Percy and Bill talking about their days as Head Boy and Charlie talking about the new breed of dragons they have just discover: all at the same time. He shook his head and laughed to himself and looked over and caught Hermione's eye. She smiled back him, knowing she was thinking the same thing.

Harry also got to learn about Fred and George's new shop that they opened up this summer: Weasley's Wizarding Wonders. He couldn't wait to see it when they went to Diagon Alley. Harry was having so much fun that the week went by quickly. Today they were going to Diagon Alley to buy things for school, spend the night at the Leaky Cauldron, and then get on the Hogwarts Express. The first thing they all did was visit Fred and George's new shop. It wasn't much, but he could tell that in a few years it was going to be amazing.

After visiting Gringotts, they split up because they has a lot of shopping to do. Ron and Ginny went with Mrs. Weasley and Harry with Hermione. As they started walking around, Harry started thinking. He had been doing a lot of that lately. He's loved Hermione for a while now, but he could never hope that she would ever feel the same way. But lately, Harry has been thinking that she might, by the way she looks at him and how she'll hold his hand for no reason at all. Harry knew that his parents had been friends at Hogwarts before they got married and Harry hoped that things would turn out like that in the future with Hermione.

"Harry, are you ok? You've been quite."
"Yes, I'm fine 'Mione." He smiled at her, letting her know it was the truth and she smiled back. They stopped by the robe store to get more school and dress robes. Harry let Hermione pick out his because she said she 'wanted to get colors that bring out the green in his eyes.' On the way to the bookstore, Harry saw a jewelry store and got an idea. " 'Mione, why don't you go ahead into the bookstore and I'll run across the street and get the things I need for Qudittch and then meet you back there."

"Great. That'll give me time to check out the new books." Harry ran into the Qudittch store, got what he needed and headed over to the jewelry store. He looked around for a while, not really sure what he was going to get yet. A short, stocky man from over the counter came up to him.

"Hello sir, may I help you?" Harry looked up at him. "Well hello Mr. Potter, it is nice to meet you. My name is Mike how can I be of service to you." Harry still thought it was weird that people could look at his face and know who he was by his scar. "Well, I'm looking for something for my friend and she's special to me so I…"

"Ah, say no more. Follow me please." He lead him over to a display case in the corner of the store. In this case there were a bunch of trendier pieces. Harry glanced around in it a bit until something caught his eye. It was a silver heart necklace with a swirl of colors that changes every few seconds. "Great choice, Mr. Potter. If the person you give this necklace to loves you, the necklace will continue to swirl with the colors, but If they don't it will stay clear, which is also beautiful." Harry said he would take it and he shelled out quite a sum of gold for it, but then again he would empty out his Gringotts vault for her. He left the store and headed over to the bookstore. Harry laughed out loud when he saw that Hermione had a cart full of books already. Hermione looked up when she heard the laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" she said in an amused voice.
"Nothing, so did you find all the books on the list?
"Yes, plus a few more that look interesting."
"You consider 10 a few?" Hermione elbowed him in the ribs and he stopped. They got everything else they need for school and left to meet the Weasley's at the Leaky Cauldron. They all ate dinner and then went up to their rooms to get their purchases packed for the train ride to Hogwarts. Ron and Harry were sharing a room and he took this opportunity to tell Ron about the necklace and the plan that went along with it. "Ron, I have decided that I'm going to tell 'Mione that I love her."
"It's bloody well time, I thought I'd never see the day…" he stopped mid sentence. "Did you say love?"

"Yes I did Ron. I think 'Mione might also be in love with me, or at least like me."

"Wow. That's awesome Harry. But don't worry about Hermione, she loves you too." Ron smacked himself on the forehead as soon as the words left his mouth.

"Really. How do you know Ron?"
"I, um, well ok, I um…"
"Ron!"
"Ok, Ok. She told me that she loves you too. Please don't tell Hermione I'm telling you this. She's a powerful witch, she could probably hex me from here to…"

"Ron, I've gotten her something." Harry reached into his bag and pulled out the box holding the necklace. When he showed it to Ron, it looked like his eyes were going to pop out of his head. "Wow Harry."
" I know. I'm going to give this to her and tell her I love her just as soon as I get a chance to at Hogwarts."

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That's it so far. I have chapter three started so it should probably be posted by Wednesday. Please review and thanks for reading.

Lauren